Why Marketing Best Practices Sometimes Sabotage Good Results
Best practices are usually optimized for (and from) the past. And if you’re not careful, following them can sabotage your results.
AI Document Hygiene
AI doesn’t just see what’s on the slide—it reads the entire file. This post breaks down how hidden text, off-slide content, and workspace clutter still get parsed by machines, and what to do before exporting your next deck. A practical guide to operational hygiene in the age of machine visibility.
Training the Data
“Training the Data: Building Your AI Narrative” details my strategic approach to managing my digital footprint and shaping my AI-generated narrative.
Tokens and Takeoffs: A System for Navigating AI Memory Loss
Over the weekend, I realized Maverick (my AI) and I were losing context mid-project because our conversations were too long. I’d assumed memory issues showed up randomly. Turns out, they show up at 100,000 tokens. Quantifiable. Preventable.
Notice, Ask, Mitigate: The Hiccup with Uploading Images to ChatGPT
In this entry, I explore a repeat glitch in how AI responds when I upload images mid-conversation.
Syntax, Semantics, and the Risk of AI-Generated Content
This log explores what happens when AI helps shape your content but accidentally erases your fingerprint in the process. I explore syntax patterns, semantic noise reduction, and how to keep your voice recognizable as you scale thought leadership through AI.
Parsing Like a Machine: How AI Reads Differently from Humans
In this entry, I unpack a moment with Maverick (my AI assistant) that revealed a major difference between how humans and AI “read.” Spoiler: it’s not the same.
How Does AI “Know” Me: Identity Anchors & Pattern Recognition
In this first entry of my “AI Fluency” series, I document how AI identifies users based on patterns, not assumptions.
Virtue Takes Practice: The Iterative Path to Becoming 1% Better
Two days ago, I listened to a few old audio logs I had recorded—snippets of thoughts and revelations from different moments in my…
Inspiration as a Partner in Purpose
I’ve had an interesting relationship with inspiration, and over the last year, it’s taken on a whole new meaning for me. For the…